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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

For the love of photography!

I
attended another photography course over the weekend. When I attended my first,
I don’t believe I was in the right head space. The way the technical terms were
explained went over my head all too quickly and before I knew it we were
outside attempting to use our new found skills snapping away using a model.

The
weekend’s course saw me take a better understanding of aperture, the ISO and
shutter speed. All aspects which I knew had to be considered but I became lazy
after Rob bought me a fixed 50mm lens and all I would change was the aperture.
I would snap away with a low f number as I knew that would create a blurred
background and hope for the best with the lighting.

I
now know a low f number gives me a greater depth of field. The ISO can stay on
200 at all times if I am shooting outdoors and when I am inside a 1600 ISO
suits. The shutter speed if I want to create movement perhaps shooting a
flowing river bed I would use a slow speed. The little line on my DSLR screen
will show me once the shutter speed and aperture are in perfect harmony
creating the perfect photo quality wise.

I
was in photography heaven on Sunday morning using my new found skills snapping
away at Dakota, Sophie and Rob whilst we soaked up more sunshine on the back
deck. The photos aren’t the best if we look at posing etc but in my eyes the
quality is FABULOUS.

I
am disappointed in myself for not taking this more seriously previously as I
have LOVED setting Sophie up for mini photo shoots, but then I thought I can
just re-create some of the recent shoots and then I have something to compare
my new shots to. If they come out even a little bit better I will be one happy,
photography loving gal.

What
I love now is that I can look at a photo and analyse it, I could easily have a
go at guessing what shutter speed and aperture the photographer was using.

That
my friend is something I am proud of.

I
have never been a studier, heck I left high school at the end of year 11 and never
ventured to uni, only completed my Cert III in Business which was all too easy
for me. I think I have found something that I will enjoy learning.

These
are some of the shots I took on Sunday, as I say I was just playing around with
the settings so the positioning and angles aren’t ideal but I am happy with the
light and the effect I have managed to capture and there is definitely room for improvement …

You are taking the most gorgeous photos already hun.I too have fallen in love with photography this year. It is such an amazing gift to be able to capture those special moments forever. Have fun, you have some gorgeous muses to phtograph xx

These are so good.... I really really really want to do a photography class like this.. and learn so quickly like you did.. its so good that you have picked up things and techniques, these you wont forget so your pictures will keep getting better and better! Look forward to seeing more awesome shots! xx